Plant-Based Dietary Patterns and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in US Men and Women: Results from Three Prospective Cohort Studies
Harvard University · Brigham and Women's Hospital · +1 more institution
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Plant-based diets have been recommended to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, not all plant foods are necessarily beneficial. We examined the association of an overall plant-based diet and hypothesized healthful and unhealthful versions of a plant-based diet with T2D incidence in three prospective cohort studies in the US. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We included 69,949 women from the Nurses' Health Study (1984-2012), 90,239 women from the Nurses' Health Study 2 (1991-2011), and 40,539 men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2010), free of chronic diseases at baseline. Dietary data were collected every 2-4 y using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Using…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 38.33
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 56
Authors
10- ASAmbika SatijaCorresponding
Harvard University
- SNShilpa N Bhupathiraju
Harvard University
- EBEric B. Rimm
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University
- DSDonna Spiegelman
Harvard Global Health Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University
- SEStephanie E. Chiuve
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University
Topics & keywords
- Type 2 diabetes
- Medicine
- Prospective cohort study
- Incidence (geometry)
- Cohort study
- Diabetes mellitus
- Gerontology
- Cohort